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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins

In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the...

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American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk

Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribut...

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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death

“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

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Canadian writer Anne Carson awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in literature

The Canadian writer received the Swedish Academy's highest honor on Thursday, October 8. A master of textual deviation, Carson, who began as a classical philologist, blends poetry and popular culture, prose and verse, with both humor and erudition.

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Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’

Conservatives have trumpeted the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but researchers say the reasons for the decline are unclear.

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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”

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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.

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DHS shoots New York man with five-year-old in car

Federal agents surrounded and fired into the man's vehicle, reportedly with a young child inside.

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“Go After Anybody”: ICE Gets Terrifying Marching Orders in California

ICE has launched a new crackdown just weeks before the midterms.

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Pete Hegseth says public can watch Fort Hood shooter's execution

Hegseth said Nidal Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be."

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Trump calls on AI to speed up science—while continuing to defund it

Tech firms are giving big to a White House AI science program amid the destruction of institutions like the NIH.

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US, Russia confirm Trump's latest Ukraine peace push is falling apart

At this point, there appears to be no prospect of a negotiated settlement, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

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Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

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Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be a public event

Officials clarified execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be livestreamed Pete Hegseth has said the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, will be a public event when the sentence is carried out later this year. Officials later clarified the execution will be livestreamed and that more details would follow, the Associated Press reported. In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the Pentagon secretary said the firing squad would carry out the sentence at Fort Hood, Texas, at 1pm on Thursday, 3 December. This would be the first US military execution in more than 60 years. Continue reading...

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Russian strike on buses kills 30 in Ukrainian frontline city

Two buses were blown up in the frontline city of Kramatorsk on Thursday, in one of the deadliest attacks in weeks.

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At least 12 dead after Russian glide bomb strikes Kramatorsk bus stop

"Russia comes to the Ukrainian land with death," Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said.

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Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim news for the climate.

Like Donald Trump, he favors maximizing profits for extractive industries, environment be damned.

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Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley

A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity More fool me! Here I was thinking nothing that America’s Trump administration could do or say, no matter how politically and morally bankrupt, no matter how venal or violent, was capable of shocking me any longer. Then I woke to today’s news that one of the Trump cabinet’s bigger boofheads – the uber Christian nationalist, crusader-fantasist and “secretary of war” Pete Hegseth had announced that America would have a public firing squad execution of murderer Nidal Hasan. Paul Daley is a Guardian Australia columnist Continue reading...

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Measles is surging in the US. These graphics show how bad it has gotten

The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991. Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks have been reported in several states, including Texas, Utah, South Carolina and, now, Pennsylvania.

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High school protests draw tens of thousands across France for second time in a week

While turnout did not reach the levels seen on October 6, the 'Act IV' of the high school student movement continued on October 8, drawing large crowds from Paris to Marseille and Lyon. Though the atmosphere was mostly positive, there were also clashes at the end of marches.

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'We always respond in kind' — Zelensky addresses Ukrainian attacks on Russian data center

"We certainly are capable," Zelensky said about striking Russian data centers. "We always respond in kind. Regarding data centers, as you all know, they have been and still are striking our data cente...

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How 'Musk' director Alex Gibney became a critic

A trove of documents and interviews with people close to tech billionaire Elon Musk reveal a damning picture of his rise as one of the world's richest and most powerful men.

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Hegseth Wants Public to Watch First Firing Squad Execution Since WWII

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Nidal Hasan’s execution should be watched by everyone.

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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy

The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.

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Researchers find 180,000 giant tortoises living on island in Seychelles

Figure is highest ever recorded for species and confirms one of Indian Ocean’s greatest conservation success stories

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Graphene opens new way to detect brain damage after stroke

An international team of scientists involving Spain's CSIC has developed graphene sensors that pinpoint the brain regions most vulnerable after a stroke, tested in mice, opening the door to preventing further damage and improving treatment.

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo received nominations for 287 candidates for this year’s prize, and just over a quarter of them are organisations. Experts say the committee typically focuses on the durability of peace, the promotion of international fraternity and the quiet work of institutions that strengthen those goals. Last year, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness”. Machado gave US President Donald Trump her Nobel medal shortly after the United States ousted then-president Nicolas Maduro. But it was largely a symbolic gesture: the Nobel Committee has said the honour itself cannot be transferred. Four of this year's Nobels were announced earlier this week. The Nobel for medicine went to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. The physics award recognized a scientist’s efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos. The chemistry prize recognised two scientists for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs. Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the literature prize Thursday for “bold and inventive” works that fuse the classical and the modern and blur the boundaries of poetry and prose. The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million), whether for an individual, small group of laureates or organisation. This year marks the 125th anniversary of the peace prize, which so far has gone to 112 individuals and 28 separate institutions since its inception in 1901. The Red Cross has won three times and the UN refugee agency twice. (FRANCE 24 with AP)

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South African rand set to snap four-week losing streak

The South African rand was on track to end the week stronger on Friday, snapping a four-week losing streak, supported by firmer ‌gold prices and a subdued dollar, while lower oil prices also offered relief to the net energy importer.

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A Soccer Cheating Scandal Has Ballooned Into a Geopolitical Problem for Britain

As Abu Dhabi-backed Manchester City braces for punishment, the ties between the club’s owners and the U.K. government have turned into a headache for new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

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‘I’m allowed to have my own viewpoint’: Byron Donalds walks the Trump tightrope

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Animals crossing: the simple solution to stop roadkill in the Amazon

Installation of eight canopy bridges in Alta Floresta has enabled 15,000 safe crossings by animals including spider monkeys and marmosets – and more bridges are planned elsewhere

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Raskin Calls for Probe of Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Ads

President Donald Trump’s new taxpayer-funded television ads are sparking backlash from Rep. Jamie Raskin and Maryland Democrats, who call them illegal and a misuse of federal dollars.

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Poll: 1 in 4 Trump voters say GOP candidates should break from the president

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Overwhelmed food banks face ‘heartbreaking’ choices amid rising hunger

The Trump administration’s cuts and changes to federal food benefits are driving record need in many communities, dozens of food banks told NBC News in a survey.

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Wall Street is inventing an entirely new financial system around Nvidia's AI chips

Wall Street is building a new financial market around Nvidia's GPUs, from loans and insurance to futures tied to AI chips.

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The Guardian view on cancers in under-50s: the risks of obesity must be confronted | Editorial

Editorial: More research into the troubling rise in early onset cancers is needed. But we already know that food is among the culprits

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Former German spy chief had contacts with Chinese official, Spiegel reports

Germany's former spy chief August Hanning, who has been placed under arrest for suspected espionage, had longstanding contacts to ‌a former senior Chinese general, Spiegel magazine reported.

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Governor Bryan Takes Action on Bills Passed During 36th Legislature’s Latest Session - Government of the United States Virgin Islands

Governor approves 15 measures addressing healthcare, infrastructure, public safety and economic development; vetoes legislation redirecting WAPA funding U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan...

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Hollywood’s latest obsession: older women and younger men

Age-gap relationships are becoming more common off-screen, too

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Backlash on China Shock 2.0 Grows From Brazil to Europe

Chinese auto imports are raising alarm bells about damage to domestic industries

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Australian shark attack survivor says he hit at the predator's eye in an effort to fight it off

Shark attack survivor Mel Ismail jabbed at the eye of the predator that severed his leg in an effort to fight it off before struggling back to shore, the surfer and professional firefighter said in an interview that revealed new details of his near-death encounter.

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Hayden Panettiere’s ex Wladimir Klitschko gets legal status to protect their daughter’s inheritance

Klitschko, a Ukrainian former world champion boxer, has had full custody of their daughter, Kaya, for most of her life, and she has lived with him in Ukraine.

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Analysis | Why Iowa is such a competitive state in the midterm elections

Iowa Republicans have consistently won in the Trump era. That record is at risk now.

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Mexico prison clash in strife-torn Sinaloa state leaves 10 dead

Nine inmates and one visitor killed in Sinaloa prison riot, local authorities say.

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LIVE: Nobel Peace Prize announced

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China's domestic travel spend during Golden Week hits $110 billion

China's total domestic ‌travel spending was 738.38 billion yuan ($110.28 billion) over ⁠the October 1-7 Golden Week holiday, with 826 million domestic trips taken, ‌the ⁠Ministry of Culture said on Friday.

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Left-of-Labour vote stagnates in Holborn and St Pancras

By-election defeat is setback for Greens as party fails to make sizeable gains on its May local election results

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This watchdog can bark. Congress wants it to bite.

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Wall Street and Big Tech’s blue wave nightmare: Elizabeth Warren working with Republicans

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